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V. P. BUDNIK.

CARPENTERS HAMMER.

APPucATmN FILED APR.1.1918.

Patented Feb. 24, 1920.

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VINCENT P. BUDNIK, 0F GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

CARPENTERS HAMMER.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, VINCENT P. BUDNIK, a subject of Russia, having first pal ers as citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carpenters Hammers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in carpenters hammers, and its objects are: first, to provide a means whereby nails may be carried upon the handle of the hammer in position to be readily available for driv ing into any desired wood construction; second, to provide a nail holder with which the nails may be, automatically, removed from the. holder and placed in position at the face of the hammer head so that with a stroke of the hammer the nail will be started in the material into which it is to be driven; third, to provide a means whereby the movement of the nail from the holder to the face of the hammer head will be positive and uniform at all times; fourth, to so arrange the nail carrying vise that it will relieve the nail and return into normal position to receive another nail as soon as the nail has been properly started and the vise released, and, fifth, to provide a meansV whereby the movement of the nails from the holder into position to be engaged by thecarrying clamp or vise will be positive and certain, no matter what position the hammer may be held in.

I attain these objects by the mechanism and construction of parts shown in the accompanying drawing, invwhich Figure 1 lis an elevation of the front side of a hammer with my holder in place. Fig. 2 is a back elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan of the same. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the hammer handle on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1, showing an end elevation of the holder in normal position thereon. Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of the holder looking to the left from the line 5 5 of Fig. 6. Fig. 6 is a transverse section of the holder on the line (3f-6 of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a back elevation of the holder proper with theclamping mechanism removed to show. the position of the actuating springs at the back of the holder, and Fig. 8 is an elevation of the nail carrying clamp and its actuating lever and connections.

Similar reference characters indicate similar parts throughout the several views.

v Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 24, 1920.

Application filed April 1, 1918, Serial No. 226,109.

VIn the construction of this holder I make a receiving box or holder 2, practically of the form shownv in Figs. 1 and 4. This holder is provided with a clamping device 3 at each end by means of which it may be readily secured to the handle 1 of an ordinary carpenters hammer. This holder is formed with a wide portion 2 having an inclined reducing portion a and terminates in a narrow part b of only sufficient width, or thickness, to allow one nail to pass downward therein to its opening y'. In practice the nails are placed into the receptacle or holder 2, as indicated in Fig. 5, andare held in place and pressed downward into the narrow receptacle by means of any available form or application of springs as indicated at 1S, properly attached to, or connected with the cover of the receptacle, as indicated at 18', so that the nails, 16, cannot possibly shake, rattle or move in the receptacle except as actuated by the spring 18.

The clamping elements 3 may be secured around the handle 1 of the hammer rby any available means, as indicated at c in r igs. l and 2.` When the receptacle is properly secured onto the handle the nails are placed inside of it with their heads in the slot 1 between the end 2 and the side of the receptacle 2 so they must, always, pass downwardly to the opening j in the back ofthe receptacle and in contact with the springs 175, in an exact proper position to be actuated by the trip 11 to slide the nail o of the ledge, 7c, of the receptacle, against the -springs 15 and into the opening between the vise jaw 17 and its supporting arm 4.

The vise jaw 17 is pivotally secured to the arm 4, as at n, and the arm 4 is securely mounted upon the shaft c' so that when the sai'dshaft is made to revolve in its bearings the arm will be carried around into the position indicated by its dotted lines in Fig. 1, each time engaging and carrying a nail, 16, with itinto'the position indicated by its dotted lines\in Fig. 1, with its head against the center of the face of the hammer head and itself held extended at right angles therefrom. To carry the nail from the receptacle into the vise 17, I place a lever 11, pivotally connected at lm.. This lever is held in normal position, so the nails may drop back of it onto the ledge 7c, by means of any available form of spring, as indicated at 11. This lever should carry an antifriction roller at its shortl end, as indicated at 12, under,

or back of which the arm 10 passes. This varm is made integral withthe lever 9- and has an oiliset at e so that normally the lever 11 will stand in position for the free passage of a nail onto the ledge 7e. It will be noticed, `by, reference tol Figs. 1 and 8, that there isa free space between the head of the connecting rod 7 and the lug on the lever 8 so that a slight movement of the lever Iwill be allowed at al before the disk `5 will be aifected thereby.

The disk 5 is loosely mounted upon the Y shaft z' and is held vin position to hold the Cil arms 4 and 13 in normal position by means ofan available form of spring, as 6, an-

' wiseV against the springs 15, far enough to enter between the vise jaw 17 and the -vise arm'4. VThis just closes the gap d. vThey movement of the lever 9 into the position indicated by the dotted lines h will draw upon Vthe 'connecting rod 7 suiiiciently to Vforce the arm 13 against the back, or outer end kof the vise jaw 17, clamping the nail firmly between the vise jaw and the end of the arm 4, and the movement of the lever 9 linto the position indicated by its dotted lines in Fior. 1 will move the connectino` rod b b 7 suflicientlyto revolve the disk 5 and carry the arms 13 and 4 into the position indicated by 'their dotted lines in Fig. 1, with the head of the nail resting against the face of the hammer, as hereinbefore intimated, where a stroke of the hammer will insert the nail into any' penetrable substance against which the nail may be driven, suiliciently to hold it while ldriving it to its limit, when the loosening of the lever 9 to drive the n ail further releases the nail from the vise and allows the arms 13, 4 and 11 to assume their normal positions. The levers4 and 13 being carried back by the spring 6, and the lever 11 being carried back by the spring 11.

o, in Fig. 8, indicates the ymanner of connecting the rod 7 with the disk 5, and p, Fig. 7 indicates how the springs 15 may be connected with theback of the receptacle.

For the purpose of readily attaching the implement to, or removing it from the hammer handle, 1 find it advisable to form hinges, ,as 14, on the back of the receptacle, as' indicated in Fig. 2. f represents the pivotal 'connection of the lever 8 9 with the supporting elements of the nail receptacle.

What I claim as new in this art, is z 1. In combination with a hammer and a hammer handle, a nail receptacle having a broad entrance part and a narrow discharge part, said discharge vpart having an open slot through the back wall at the eXtreme end thereof, alever pivotally mounted opposite this'slo't, a shaft revolubly mounted near one end and back of the receptacle, a vise arm mounted on saidv shaft, a disk mounted on the kshaft adjacent to the vise arm, an arm made integral with said disk, a vise jaw pivotally mounted upon the end of the vise armin position to be actuated by the disk arm, a spring for holding the vise arm and the integral disk arm in normal position, a vmain lever pivotally mounted upon the receptacle frame, a connecting rod j connecting the main lever with the disk, an

arm passing from the main lever to the vise arm arranged to actuate the vise arm to transfer a nail through the slot in the receptacle between the vise jaws, all arranged so the movement of the mainl lever will transfer a nail from the receptacle into the 'vise and thence to the head of the hammer at right angles with the face thereof;

1n combination with a hammer and hammer handle, a receptacle for nails, said receptacle firmly clampedV upon one side of thehammer handle and having a large intake part above the hammer handle and a narrow dischargeA part below the hammer Y handlefor holding and delivering nails, a cover and spring on said receptacle for holding .the nails in position inthe receptacle at an acute angle with the edge of the hammer' handle and the hammer head, and means for clamping the nails Vby the heads and vtransferring them from trie receptacle into position atright angles with the face of the hammer head, substantially as shown and described.r Y y 8. ln` combination with a hammer and hammer handle, a nail receptacle securely attached to one side of the handle and extending slightly above and below the edges of the handle, and arranged to hold the nails enf/nasse and at a slight angle with the handle and with the Vside of the hammer head, meansin' said receptacle forV holding the nails in uniform position and for forcing them to a point of delivery, means for clamping theheads of the nails at the point of delivery and carrying the l'nails so the surface of the heads/of the nails will bear `upon the face of the hammer yhead with the nails extending directly out at right and means'for releasing the nails when set. Y

Signedat Grand Rapids, Michigan March VINCENT P. BUDNIK, 

